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Vacuum Decay Rate in D-dimensional Electroweak theories

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-01-21 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We present a systematic framework for calculating the vacuum decay rate in D-dimensional electroweak theories, providing a unified treatment of quantum fluctuations for scalar, fermion, and gauge boson fields via a combined WKB expansion and dimensional regularization. This method ensures rapid convergence even at large angular momenta. Application to a D=4D=4 standard model effective field theory gives log10(γ×Gyr×Gpc3)=183\log_{10}(\gamma \times \text{Gyr} \times \text{Gpc}^3)=183. In the finite-temperature, dimensionally reduced standard model effective field theory with D=3D=3, the values are log10(ΓT×Gyr×Gpc3)=42.4\log_{10}(\Gamma_T \times \text{Gyr} \times \text{Gpc}^3)=42.4 at tree level and 116.1116.1 at two-loop order. The approach offers a general and efficient tool for analyzing vacuum stability and decay across dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.2601.13008,
  title  = {Vacuum Decay Rate in D-dimensional Electroweak theories},
  author = {Jingwei Wang and Ligong Bian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.13008},
  year   = {2026}
}

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18 pages, 4 figures

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